Homilies
Since we are live streaming masses, and those masses are available online afterwards, I am not publishing my homilies in print, as you can watch/hear them on our recorded live stream HERE.
Thanks for your understanding.
Fr. Bill
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If you were lost in the woods, and had to choose between having a compass or a map, which would you choose? 5th Sunday B 2018
Though I never have been lost in the woods, I am told it can be a harrowing experience. In times like that, a compass and a map would go far in getting one to safety. But if you had to choose just one, what would you choose?
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What do you know about unclean spirits? 3rd Sunday B 2018
Unlike John’s gospel, where the first miracle Jesus performs is the changing of water into wine, and in Matthew where he cures a leper, Mark’s account of the first miracle worked by Jesus is the freeing of a man from possession by an unclean spirit.
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If someone asks you: “Where do you live?” how do you answer that? – 2nd Sunday B 2018
It is known as the St. Louis question – and there are two variations on it. The first – What high school did you go to? The second – What parish do you belong to? Both of them reveal a lot about who we are and what makes us tick.
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What is the most important gift of the Magi? (Epiphany)
Perhaps an unopened gift is a good symbol for us. We’ve begun a New Year and we wonder what it will hold? Will it be toys or clothes? Will it be filled with excitement, fun and joy; or the stuff that we didn’t really want … stuff that is less fun, disappointing, maybe even painful?
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Do You Ever Feel Like Your Work Is Never Done? (Feast of the Holy Family)
Do you ever feel like your work is never done? If so, what two words from the gospel might serve you well in the new year?
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If Jesus had been born today…what would the fact checkers say? (Christmas)
If Jesus had been born today…what would the fact checkers say? What would happen, 2017, if this would be the time Jesus was born, instead of 2000 years ago?